With Dr. Jörg Breitenbach, Dr. Henning-Arnd Müller and Dr. Monika Roth, three outstanding personalities were awarded honorary professorships this week.
As part of a ceremony on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, three outstanding lecturers at Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society (HWG LU) were honored with the award of honorary professorships: Dr. Jörg Breitenbach, Dr. Henning-Arnd Müller and Dr. Monika Roth.
"This is an extraordinary event," said University President Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller at the opening ceremony, as the awarding of honorary professorships is rare and a special distinction. "Dr. Monika Roth, Dr. Jörg Breitenbach and Dr. Henning-Arnd Müller - as outstanding personalities, you have rendered outstanding services to the honorary professorship and the university can consider itself fortunate that you teach at HWG LU and provide valuable impetus here," said the President.
"What all three of you have in common is that you have been outstandingly committed to education in the field of health for many semesters and support students in a variety of ways," explained Prof. Dr. Eveline Häusler, Dean of the Management, Controlling, HealthCare Department, in her welcome address. Whether the focus of the honorary professorship is on management in the life sciences industry, social and health law or the management of integrated care, the topics are always highly relevant for the design of high-quality, economically efficient and sustainable healthcare, said Häusler. Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Dallmann, Dean of the Department of Social and Health Care, also emphasized the importance of dedicated lecturers for practice-oriented education at universities and thanked the three lecturers for contributing their expertise.
Dr. Jörg Breitenbach has been a lecturer in the Management, Controlling, HealthCare Department since 2016. The chemist with a doctorate and an affinity for research is the founder and Managing Director of BIT Pharma GmbH in Graz, Austria, as well as the founder and Managing Director of IPSICO UG in Mannheim. Prior to this, Breitenbach worked for many years in leading positions at Abbott Arzneimittel GmbH, among others, most recently as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. As a lecturer, he holds lectures such as "Value Creation Management in the Healthcare Industry" and is available to students as a competent contact person for questions such as "Rare Diseases", "Costs of Drug Development" or "Effects of Intellectual Property Rights". At the Hackathon 2020, he supervised students as part of the challenge "Managing drug supply in pandemic situations". Within the Department, he is actively involved in the development of a new Master's degree program in "International Healthcare Governance". Dr. Jörg Breitenbach is also closely associated with the university as a member of the University Council.
"Dr. Breitenbach is excellently qualified for the honorary professorship," said laudator Prof. Dr. Elke Raum, summarizing Dr. Jörg Breitenbach's qualities and quoting Dr. Dieter Wagner, Chairman of the University Council, who attested that the newly appointed honorary professor Breitenbach "makes a significant contribution to the university and strengthens its profile in the healthcare sector."
Dr. Henning-Arnd Müller has been a part-time lecturer at the University's Department of Social and Health Care since 2006. He specializes in general social administration law, the constitutional foundations of social law and social data protection. Dr. Henning-Arnd Müller has been full-time Director of the Darmstadt Social Court since 2020. As Chairman of the 13th Chamber, he is responsible for health insurance law and rejection applications. Since June 2021, Müller has also been Chairman of the 9th Chamber with responsibility for basic benefits for jobseekers.
In his laudatory speech, Prof. Dr. Andreas Rein emphasized Henning-Arnd Müller's outstanding qualifications as a lecturer, his impressive list of publications and his great commitment to the benefit of students: "Dr. Müller is not only a highly esteemed colleague in academic circles, but he also stands for an outstanding commitment to education, which he represents in an outstanding professional breadth. The fact that he is also a particularly competent judge and director of the second-largest social court in Hesse uniquely combines legal practice with jurisprudential activity to the greatest possible benefit of the students," Rein concluded, quoting from the expert opinion of Prof. Dr. Dr. Brettel from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.
Dr. Monika Roth has been an active lecturer in the Management, Controlling, HealthCare Department for ten years and teaches on the Bachelor's degree course in Health Economics in the GiP practice network as well as on the Master's degree course in Healthcare Management (HCM). Since 2016, Dr. Monika Roth has been the full-time head of the "Corporate Development" division at Vinzentiushaus Offenburg GmbH, a large provider of care for the elderly. Prior to this, she spent eight years as Head of Care Management and Research at Gesundes Kinzigtal GmbH, a flagship project for integrated full-service care in Germany.
"With her extensive practical experience and research achievements, Dr. Roth pursues an interdisciplinary and application-oriented as well as research-based approach in her education, which fits perfectly into the profile of the Department's health economics degree programs," explained Prof. Dr. Eveline Häusler in her laudatory speech. Dr. Roth regularly contributes his own innovation projects on highly relevant topics, such as cross-sectoral cooperation between nursing, medicine and therapeutic professions in the care of the elderly, data-based modeling of future regional care needs or the use of IT-supported assistance systems. In addition to education and research, Dr. Monika Roth made a significant contribution to the accreditation of the Master's degree course in Healthcare Management - HCM as a Master of Science. Dr. Roth is also a role model on a personal level thanks to her consistently public interest-oriented thinking and actions. One example of this is that she volunteered to work in the intensive care unit in spring 2020 at the height of the pandemic, when protective equipment was still in short supply and effective vaccines were unpredictable - and did valuable work there as a trained intensive care nurse.
In recognition of her outstanding commitment, Dr. Monika Roth has now been appointed as an honorary professor with a focus on "Management of Integrated Care", Dr. Jörg Breitenbach as an honorary professor with a focus on "Management of Life Sciences Industry" and Dr. Henning-Arnd Müller as an honorary professor with a focus on "Social and Health Law". The Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society congratulates Dr. Henning-Arnd Müller on this special award and looks forward to working with him in the future!
The event was accompanied by music from the Swing-In band led by Prof. Dr. Arnd Götzelmann from the Department of Social and Health Care Law
